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Is there such a thing as variable-discount-rate DCF/NPV modeling? Like setting different discount rates for cash flow expected at different times? My discount rate is definitely not fixed.
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I heard about some machine learning systems for video game microtransactions. They try to figure out what price an individual will pay for an item, and the optimal time/method to show it to them. Sounds really exploitative and not something that should exist in games.
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Sure. Discount rates are themselves a theoretical simplification of valuing cash-in-hard different at different times. When you have a better model of your own situation than the default tools would, use the better model.
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